Traditional healers can issue medical certificates: Here’s how

The issue of medical certificates that come from traditional healers is a sensitive issue that requires employers to tread carefully.
Let’s first determine who can issue out a valid medical certificate:

A Medical practitioner can issue out a valid medical certificate if they are registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa

A Dentist can issue out a valid medical certificate if they are registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa

A Psychologist (Clinical, Educational and Counseling with Masters Degree) can issue out a valid medical certificate if they are registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa

Traditional healers can issue out a valid medical certificate if they are registered Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa.

So it is clear that traditional healers are recognised as health practitioners in the eyes of South African law, thus resulting in employers having no reason to refuse to accept medical certificates issued by a Sangoma/ Igqirha /Ngaka.
To ensure that the medical certificate is valid, let us determine what must be included in it:

Health practitioner’s name, address and qualifications

Employee name and surname

Date and time of examination

Whether the certificate is based on the health practitioner’s personal observations or just according to the employee’s observation and that could still be based on suitable medical grounds

Illness description, with the employee’s consent, should the employee not agree, and then the health practitioner just states that it’s his/her opinion that the employee is not fit for work.

Time period that the employee is booked off.

If the employee is completely or only partially unable to do his duties.

The health practitioner must personally sign or initial the original and print his name next to it in capital letters

The health practitioner must give the patient a short factual report if he asks for one.

Ntomboxolo Victoria Dlikilili

Mangaliso Makhubu

We are the registered Traditional Healers association by the name of Faith and Spiritual Healers Association. Registration number 2015 / 046441 / 07 we ask for help where we can get training of issuing the sick certificates